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2023 Most Popular Music Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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$27,036 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Music Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 117 degrees and certificates were awarded to music students who went to a District of Columbia college or university. This makes it the #62 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Music Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Music program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for music majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our analysis found Catholic University of America to be the most popular school for music students who want to pursue a master’s degree in District of Columbia. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Of the 12 students majoring in music at CUA, 58% are male and 42% are female.

Read full report on Music at Catholic University of America

#2

Howard University

Washington, DC

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Howard University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular music schools in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, Howard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Music at Howard University

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 960
New York 2,324
Maryland 393
New Jersey 593
Delaware 43

Music is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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